After three days here I felt like an Olympic athlete: the Montenegro hotel designed for fitness and wellbeing With state-of-the-art fitness and spa facilities onsite and everything from hiking to kayaking the beautiful Bay of Kotor, it’s a perfect base for an active break I was lying on a bed with no trousers on. A […]

From mountain photography to ice-climbing – try it all at this summer festival in the French Alps Improve your mountain skills by day and party by night at the Arc’teryx Alpine Academy in Chamonix After a day spent hiking across the Col d’Entrèves glacier, a sugar hit is required. I descend on the cable car […]

Scrambling, walking and swimming in splendid isolation: 75 years of the UK’s national parks Our writer first hiked in the Lake District, Eryri and Dartmoor in the 1970s. Their beauty remains unrivalled, but they are more popular than ever. So, here’s how to avoid the crowds Before we enter the clouds on snow-capped Helvellyn, I […]